Psalms 131:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Indeed, I have calmed and quieted myself like a weaned child with its mother; I am content like a young child.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 14:20 : 20 Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature.
  • John 14:1-2 : 1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
  • Isa 30:15 : 15 For this is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel says:“If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling.
  • Lam 3:26 : 26 It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the LORD.
  • Matt 18:3-4 : 3 and said,“I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! 4 Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
  • Mark 10:15 : 15 I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it.”
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.
  • 1 Sam 24:10 : 10 Today your own eyes see how the LORD delivered you– this very day– into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said,‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD’s chosen one.’
  • 1 Sam 25:32-33 : 32 Then David said to Abigail,“Praised be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! 33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the LORD his God.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 Then the king said to Zadok,“Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again. 26 However, if he should say,‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.”
  • 2 Sam 16:11-12 : 11 Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants,“My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the LORD has spoken to him. 12 Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse.”
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 62:1 : 1 For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

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    79%

    1A song of ascents, by David. O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me.

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    73%

    13For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace

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    7Rest once more, my soul, for the LORD has vindicated you.

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    72%

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    72%

    5I rely on the LORD, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

    6I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

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    72%

    3O Israel, hope in the LORD now and forevermore!

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    72%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

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    71%

    14“I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp.

  • Isa 38:15
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    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

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    14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

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    70%

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  • Ps 46:10
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    10He says,“Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!”

  • Isa 49:2
    70%

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  • Ps 62:1
    70%

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  • Ps 32:3
    69%

    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

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    69%

    17If the LORD had not helped me, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

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    69%

    20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

  • Ps 42:5
    69%

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Isa 32:18
    69%

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    69%

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  • Lam 1:20
    69%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

  • Jer 8:18
    69%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Ps 130:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

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    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

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    69%

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    69%

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    69%

    11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

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    69%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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    68%

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